Nephilim

Nephilim are a race of intelligent beings within DmC: Devil May Cry. They are a hybrid of angel and demon, and are considered the "third race".

Description
Due to their hybrid nature, Nephilim possess both demonic and angelic powers, and are capable of crossing between the worlds. Due to their special nature, they are the only ones strong enough to slay the Demon King. Because of this, and his demon hordes waged a war of genocide on the Nephilim and wiped them all out, as well as declaring it a crime for a demon to produce offspring with an angel. Despite this, Mundus's blood-brother fell in love with the angel  and fathered the twins  and. In response to this betrayal, Mundus stormed Sparda's home, murdering Eva and eventually imprisoning Sparda. Before he was captured, Sparda was able to hide his sons Dante and Vergil, and although Mundus was aware of Dante's existence, he never discovered that Vergil was also a child of Sparda and thus a Nephilim. Mundus kept looking for Dante, and his Lookers eventually found him at Devil's Dalliance. However, the Hunter sent after Dante is slain by Dante with Kat's help, and this spurs Dante to assist in order to gain revenge on Mundus for destroying his family. During his journey, Dante encounters the slain Nephilim Assiel, from whom he receives a relic that allows him to unlock his Devil Trigger.

Background
are giants which appear in the Old Testament. They are the offspring of the "sons of God", i.e. fallen angels, and the "daughters of men". They were considered the heroes of old, and were thought to inhabit Canaan. Several apocryphal texts finger their existence as one of God's reasons for flooding the Earth.